Democracy Promotion and Conflict-Based Reconstruction - The United States & Democratic Consolidation in Bosnia, Afghanistan

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Setting the Scene: The American Mission, Democratisation and Democratic Peace Theory 3. Motives for American Democracy Promotion 4. Examining USAID in Bosnia and Afghanistan, a ‘Cookie-Cutter Approach’? 5. No Liberal Democracy, just an American Supported Formal Democracy 6. Can Formal Democracy Meet the Objectives of the American Mission? 7. Implications of Research Findings to General US Foreign Policy: The Case of Iraq 8. US Democracy Promotion and the Dawn of the Obama Era

Summary

This book investigates US foreign policy and tests the hypothesis that US government transition-inspired democracy promotion will successfully establish liberal democracy around the world. It features two detailed case studies exploring political liberalisation in Bosnia and Afghanistan.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Alan Hill, Hill Matthew Alan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.11.2013
• EAN: 9780415749565
• ISBN: 978-0-415-74956-5
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Democratization and Autocratization Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, International Relations, Warfare & defence, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution